SANDPOINT, Idaho — Approximately 300 to 500 Idaho residents recently rallied to show their support for a Ten Commandments monument displayed in a public park, and to oppose atheist efforts to have the monument removed. Residents of Sandpoint, Idaho state that they are outraged that city officials are being swayed by an atheist activist organization […]
ATLANTA — Legislators in Georgia have passed a bill that bars state and federal health care plans from offering abortion coverage to residents. As previously reported, S.B. 98 was introduced by Senator Judson Hill (R-Marietta) and is said to serve as a means of protecting Georgians from funding the termination of innocent life. “No abortion […]
A contentious draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to submit to sex on their husband’s whim, provoking outrage from rights activists and many Iraqis who see it as a step backward for women’s rights. The measure, aimed at creating […]
MADISON, Wis. – The president of a Christian sports ministry says his organization has been under attack after he denounced the ‘pro-homosexual policies’ of the U.S. Olympic Committee during the recent Sochi Olympics. Steve McConkey is president of 4 WINDS Christian Athletics, a worldwide sports ministry based in Madison, Wisconsin. 4 WINDS has provided support […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A civil trial began this week for a University of North Carolina professor who was allegedly denied a promotion because of disagreement with his outspoken Christian views. Mike Adams works as a professor of criminology in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Adams, a former […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge appointed by then-President George H.W. Bush has declared unconstitutional an Arkansas law that banned abortions after 12 weeks if a heartbeat is detected. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright wrote in her opinion on Friday that the standard for abortion restrictions according to Roe v. Wade is whether […]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A professor of feminist studies at a California university was caught on video stealing a sign from members of a pro-life organization and then later allegedly destroyed the poster with scissors in her office. Mireille Miller-Young is an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California—Santa Barbara (UCSB). Her […]
FLORENCE, S.C. — A school board member in South Carolina is refusing to stop praying out loud at public meetings, noting that she is on a mission to put God back in schools. Secretary Pat Gibson Hye-Moore is a part of the “Put Prayer Back” initiative, and desires to see public invocations restored across the nation. […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have partially suspended aid to the East African country of Uganda for signing into law a bill that criminalized homosexual behavior in the country. “As a result of this review process, a portion of the U.S. Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) cooperative agreement with the [Ugandan] Ministry of Health has been […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s last remaining abortion facility will be allowed to remain open, a location that reportedly conducts 2,000 abortions a year, due to an agreement reached this week with state officials. As previously reported, North Dakota legislators passed a bill in 2011 that required abortionists to obtain admitting privileges at an area […]